Bottle-stopper



(No Model.)

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BOTTLE'STOPPBR.

Patented Aug.` 30, 1887.

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CHARLES LEWIS MOREHOUSE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BoTTLE-sToPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,959, dated August 30, 1887.

Application filed May 4, 1887. Serial No. 237,039. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LEWIS MORE- HoUsE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a Vcertain new and useful Improvement in Bottle- Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of bottle-stoppersknown as internal bottle-stoppers, and especially to buoyant weighted internal Stoppers. l

The object of my invention is to provide a stopper of this kind which is so constructed that the liquid in the bottle cannot come in contact with the weighting metal in the stopper and be contaminated thereby, and to hold the weight in such a manner that it cannot drop out of the stopper.

The invention consists in the combination, with a cork stopper, of a metal weight held in the bottom part of the same and a shell of hard rubber surrounding said metal.

` The invention further consists in the combination, with'the cork stopper, of the rubberineased metal weightin the bottom of the stopper and a cap onthe upper part of the stopper.

The invention also consists in the construction and combination 'of parts and details, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a bottleneck provided with myimprovement, and also a cross-section of my improved internal bottle-stopper. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are cross-sectional views of different constructions of my improved bottle-stopper.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The stopper A is made of cork, and is provided on its top with a hard-rubber cap, B, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, or with a metal cap, C, as shown in Fig. 4, the latter beinginserted or driven into the top or upper end of the stopper. In the lower end of the cork stopper I insert a hard-rubber cap or casing,D, which is filled with metal,E. The top ofthe cap or easing D is open, but the bottom must always be closed, so that when the said cap or casing is secured in the bottom of the stopper the rubber bottom of the capor casing D will be at the bottom of the, stopper, and thus prevent the liquid in the bottle from coming in contaet'with the metal, thereby preventing the liquid from being contaminated by the metal or oxides or salts formed of the same.

As shown in Fig. 2, the casing for receiving the metal E may be a continuation of the cap B, as at F, where a stem is formed which projects downward from the cap, the metal being in the lower part of said stem. With this construction the metal is held firmly and securely, and can -under no circumstances drop out of the stopper.

If desired, the cap may be provided with a downwardly-projecting stem, G, as in Fig. 3, for the purpose only of holding the cap B in place, in which construction the upper part of the cork stopper need not be passed into the cap B asin Fig. l. The weight E is provided to keep the buoyant stopper in a vertical or approximately vertical position. The rubber cap may be made hollow or solid, the former construction being preferred. y

The bottle-head K is provided with the annular internal groove for receiving the rubber ring L, against which the upper part of the stopper is pressed; Above said ring the bottle-neck is provided with the straight bore L', provided at its lower end with the internal offset or bevel,M. A disk, N, of card-board, paper, or like materiahis placed into the bore and pressed down until itis directly above the said offset or bevel. This disk protects the top of the stopper and the rubber ring from being soiled by dirt, dust, die.

When it is desired to open the bottle, the paper disk N must first be removed, which can be accomplished by pressing down the disk at the edge, so as to cause it to ti1t,when the edge of the finger or nail can easily be passed under the disk and the same lifted olf. The offset prevents the disk resting directly on the top of the stopper, and permits of tilt-l ing, as set forth.

It isevident that without departing from the spirit of my invention the part described herein as made of hard rubber may-be made of celluloid, zylonite, or like material. p

Having thus described my invention,Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. rlhe eombination,with a cork stopper, of

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a hard-rubber cap or casing in the bottom of the same and a weight in said casing or cap, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a cork stopper provided on its upper end with av cap either hollow or solid, of a hard-rubber or like cap or casing in the bottom of the stopper and a weight in said bottom cap or casing, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with a cork stopper, of a cap on the top of the same, a hard-rubber casing or cap in the bottom of the same, and a weight in the bottom cap or easing, the said top and bottom caps being made integral, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The combination, with a cork stopper, of a cap on the same, a stem projecting` from said cap down into the stopper, ahard-rubber cap or easing inthe bottom of the stopper, and

a weight in said bottom cap or easing, substalr zo tiaily as herein shown and described.

5. 'Ihe combination, with a cork stopper, of a hardrubber cap on the same, a stem projecting downward from the cap through the cork stopper, and a weight in the lower closed 25 end of said stem, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES LEWIS MOREHOUSE.

NVitnesses OSCAR F. GUNZ, SIDNEY MANN. 

